NameTides

Emily

Emily was the #34 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,451 babies), and #44 in England & Wales and #37 in Canada.

Emily as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Emily as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Emily as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#34 (5,451)#44 (956)#6 (196)#6 (94)#6 (246)#37 (489)#61 (111)#62 (101)
2024#25 (5,984)#34 (1,170)#7 (198)#5 (96)#4 (290)#35 (527)#54 (121)#56 (112)
2023#19 (6,177)#28 (1,280)#4 (232)#4 (136)#3 (297)#27 (601)#49 (134)#47 (114)
2022#17 (6,498)#19 (1,609)#5 (244)#2 (152)#1 (349)#31 (595)#33 (172)#44 (130)
2021#21 (6,594)#19 (1,797)#2 (318)#2 (150)#3 (388)#24 (701)#35 (182)#40 (142)
2020#18 (6,918)#15 (1,896)#3 (300)#2 (146)#3 (329)#17 (739)#26 (209)#27 (181)
2019#12 (8,259)#11 (2,262)#2 (388)#2 (161)#1 (452)#13 (855)#23 (238)#21 (217)
2018#12 (8,718)#5 (2,676)#2 (423)#2 (203)#1 (460)#11 (971)#10 (317)#13 (229)
2017#12 (9,817)#5 (3,121)#2 (460)#1 (216)#1 (459)#9 (1,025)#14 (293)#15 (239)
2016#9 (11,006)#3 (3,551)#2 (522)#1 (237)#1 (490)#9 (1,140)#7 (397)#12 (247)
2015#8 (11,808)#3 (3,893)#1 (497)#1 (233)#1 (626)#6 (1,332)#7 (427)#10 (237)
2014#7 (12,670)#4 (3,991)#1 (569)#1 (261)#1 (619)#6 (1,328)#6 (443)#8 (301)
2013#7 (13,144)#3 (4,049)#3 (490)#1 (203)#1 (625)#5 (1,423)#6 (503)#5 (344)
2012#6 (13,666)#4 (4,029)#2 (489)#2 (218)#1 (626)#4 (1,464)#3 (547)#6 (365)
2011#6 (14,277)#5 (3,974)#6 (456)#3 (206)#1 (596)#6 (1,396)#10 (473)#13 (318)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #1.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 290 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 290common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 260common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 91very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 78very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 86very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 310common

Next year

On its recent trend, Emily is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 290 to 1 in 310.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Emily by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #96MEWisconsin: #61WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #76NHWashington: #23WAIdaho: #58IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #101NDMinnesota: #80MNIllinois: #32ILMichigan: #95MINew York: #30NYMassachusetts: #38MAOregon: #28ORNevada: #28NVWyoming: #31WYSouth Dakota: #84SDIowa: #96IAIndiana: #66INOhio: #59OHPennsylvania: #53PANew Jersey: #18NJConnecticut: #44CTRhode Island: #40RICalifornia: #16CAUtah: #58UTColorado: #36CONebraska: #67NEMissouri: #95MOKentucky: #61KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #42VAMaryland: #31MDDelaware: #55DEArizona: #23AZNew Mexico: #26NMKansas: #27KSArkansas: #60ARTennessee: #66TNNorth Carolina: #46NCSouth Carolina: #23SCDistrict of Columbia: #57DCOklahoma: #72OKLouisiana: #73LAMississippi: #57MSAlabama: #45ALGeorgia: #47GAHawaii: #44HITexas: #21TXFlorida: #18FL
Emily (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#27240
Quebec2025#11947

Emily (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EmilyCanadaGirls#37489
EmilyCanadaBoys—too few
EmilyEngland & WalesGirls#44956
Emily-England & WalesGirls—too few
EmilyIrelandGirls#6246
EmilyNorthern IrelandGirls#694
EmilyNSWGirls#61111
EmilyScotlandGirls#6196
EmilyUSGirls#345,451
EmilyUSBoys#7,67910
EmilyVICGirls#62101